Category: Notebooks

Closing the NOTEBOOK/JOURNAL….. and GIVEAWAY Reminder :)

leslie August 25, 2011 7 Comments
Don't you hate those ginormous journals that have stuff just pouring outta them and every paper starts to get folded and tattered because the journal won't shut???  Well, I have a solution.... and sound like I am on an infomercial!!I have had some questions in the past about closing the journals.  I wrote about it, but pictures make it so much easier to understand:)   You will...

Grading Science Notebooks Makes Me Wanna….

leslie August 4, 2011 6 Comments
SCREAM!!!!! AHHHHHH!!!!   But this year... that is NOT going to be me. (Hopefully)  I have an "idea" on what to do, and I got it at the CAMT Conference a few weeks ago.  First of all, it involves these stickers... and lots of them... but they're cheap and worth it...  You can get them at Wal-mart or Staples.  I use them for all sorts of stuff.  Anyway......

Notebooks & Journals in the Classroom LINKY PARTY!

leslie July 21, 2011 7 Comments
For the past two years, I have used journals in my Science classroom.  Next year, I am planning on using them in math.  I wrote a short post on that here.I LOVE JOURNALS!! It keeps everything nice and organized with all their vocabulary, lab experiments, and paragraphs about their thinking.For the past two years though, we did not decorate our covers or anything, but this year, I am...

Journaling in the Past…. Moving it to the Present

leslie July 21, 2011 6 Comments
Grading Journals is the hardest thing with a million questions...How often do I grade them?   How do I grade them?  Am I looking for one thing?  Should I use a rubric??  How much should the grade count?? I have over 40 students.... I don't want to take 40 journals home over the weekend and grade them... what do I do???Then you scream AHHHHHHHHH!!!!  And your next...

Today’s Craft Project…. NOTEBOOKS!!

leslie July 13, 2011 7 Comments
This week, Hobby Lobby has a LOT of scrapbook items on sale, including paper and stickers!!! I LOVE stickers... can't have enough!  Anyway here is a set up of my craft project that took me about 1.5 hours to do 4 notebooks from start to finish.  The composition books are on sale at Staples for $0.50.  This year I am teaching two classes (morning and afternoon) but I am teaching...